List of non-professional marathon runners

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This is a sortable table of notable people known for their accomplishments outside of long-distance running who have completed an organized marathon. For elite athletes and others known primarily for running marathons, see List of marathoners or Category:Long-distance runners. Some of these people have competed in more than one marathon or other running events. This article lists the time and location of each person's fastest time in the marathon.

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Table

In the table below, the penultimate column, "Link to Race Results," includes links to databases of race results; this is the reference for verifiability and accuracy of the entry. The last column provides references to the marathoner in the context of celebrity and notability.

NameFieldNotabilityYearMarathonResultLink to Race ResultsOther Source
Gbenga Akinnagbe acting The Wire , The Deuce 2011 New York City Marathon 4:53:52 NYRR
Pamela Anderson acting Baywatch , V.I.P. 2013 New York City Marathon 5:41:03 NYRR [1]
Sean Astin acting1998 Los Angeles Marathon 4:04:42 Athlinks [2]
Tony Audenshaw acting Emmerdale 2012 Amsterdam Marathon 3:08:38 [3]
Scott Bakula acting2004 Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon 4:08:34 MarathonGuide
William Baldwin acting1992 New York City Marathon 3:24:29 NYRR
Andrea Barber acting Full House 2015Phoenix Marathon4:43:17 [4]
Meredith Baxter acting1982 New York City Marathon 4:08:30 NYRR by then-married name (Birney)
Valerie Bertinelli acting2010 Boston Marathon 5:14:37 MarathonGuide
Katrina Bowden acting2015 New York Marathon 4:17:23 [5]
Drew Carey acting The Drew Carey Show , The Price Is Right 2011 Marine Corps Marathon 4:37:11 Athlinks [6]
Jennifer Carpenter acting2010 New York City Marathon 3:34:27 NYRR [7]
Dana Carvey acting Saturday Night Live 1972Ocean to Bay Marathon3:04:21
Tom Cavanagh acting2006 New York City Marathon 3:29:31 NYRR [8]
Bryan Cranston acting1985 New York City Marathon 3:20:45 NYRR
Christopher Eccleston acting2012 London Marathon 4:17:43 London Marathon under the name "Chris Ecclestone"
Anthony Edwards acting2003 Chicago Marathon 3:55:40 Chicago Marathon
Bruce Dern acting1965 Western Hemisphere Marathon 3:20:45 RRCA archive
Natalie Dormer acting2016 London Marathon 3:51:21 London Marathon archive
David James Elliott acting2000 Boston Marathon 4:57:23
Will Ferrell acting2003 Boston Marathon 3:56:12 MarathonGuide [9]
Teri Hatcher acting2014 New York City Marathon 5:06:42 MarathonGuide [10]
Kevin Hart acting2017 New York City Marathon 4:05:06 NYRR
Katie Holmes acting2007 New York City Marathon 5:29:58 NYRR [11]
Ethan Hawke acting2015 New York City Marathon 4:25:30 TCS New York City Marathon Results [ permanent dead link ]
John Keston acting1996 Twin Cities Marathon 3:00:58 Athlinks
Shia LaBeouf acting2010 Los Angeles Marathon 4:35:31 Athlinks
Mario López acting2011 New York City Marathon 4:23:29 NYRR
Jonny Lee Miller acting2008 London Marathon 3:01:40 Athlinks
Edward Norton acting2009 New York City Marathon 3:48:01 NYRR
Freddie Prinze, Jr. acting2006 Los Angeles Marathon 5:50:49 Athlinks as Freddie James
Ryan Reynolds acting2008 New York City Marathon 3:50:22 NYRR [12]
Rob Riggle acting2016 Chicago Marathon 5:33:52 [13]
Milind Soman acting2012 Mumbai Marathon 3:56:53 Athlinks
Joan Van Ark acting1979Santa Ana/Orange Marathon3:35:00
Peter Weller acting1988 New York City Marathon 3:51:26 NYRR
Andy Baldwin television The Bachelor 2011 New York City Marathon 3:17:31 NYRR
Joe Bastianich television MasterChef 2009 New York City Marathon 3:42:36 NYRR [10]
Przemysław Babiarz (pl) television Jeopardy! 2010 New York City Marathon 4:13:25 NYRR
Richard Blais television Top Chef: All Stars 2011 New York City Marathon 4:31:54 NYRR [10]
Danni Boatwright television Survivor: Guatemala 2003 Country Music Marathon 4:23:24
Bobby Flay televisioncelebrity chef, host of numerous Food Network shows2010 New York City Marathon 4:01:37 NYRR [14]
Shannon Bream television Fox News 2001 Pittsburgh Marathon 5:11:00
Ana Cabrera television CNN 2022 New York City Marathon 2:57:11 NYRR
Charlie Gibson television ABC News 1983 Marine Corps Marathon 3:43:24 [6]
Mary Katharine Ham newspaperAT&T, Inc.2011 Marine Corps Marathon 4:22:14
Amanda Holden television Britain's Got Talent 2008 London Marathon 4:13:22 Athlinks
Anna Kooiman television Studio 10 2008Glass City Marathon3:27:22 MarathonGuide
Ted Koppel television Nightline 1983 Marine Corps Marathon 5:09:08 [6]
Lisa Ling television The View 2002 Boston Marathon 4:34:18
Suzanne Malveaux television CNN 2004 Marine Corps Marathon 6:05:32 Athlinks [6]
Natalie Morales television Today 2006 New York City Marathon 3:31:02 MarathonGuide [15]
Casey Neistat televisionNeistat Brothers2023Tucson Marathon2:57:34 Athlinks [16]
Gordon Ramsay television Hell's Kitchen 2004 London Marathon 3:30:37 MarathonGuide
Bill Rancic television The Apprentice 2001 Chicago Marathon 4:31:31 Athlinks as Billy the Kid Rancic
Sophie Raworth television BBC News 2019 Valencia Marathon 3:27:01 Results
Al Roker television Today 2010 New York City Marathon 7:09:44 NYRR [17]
Ryan Sutter television The Bachelorette 2011 New York City Marathon 3:17:56 NYRR
Meredith Vieira television The View 2010 New York City Marathon 5:59:00 NYRR [17]
Oprah Winfrey television The Oprah Winfrey Show 1994 Marine Corps Marathon 4:29:20 [6]
Ethan Zohn television Amazing Race 2010 New York City Marathon 4:16:20 NYRR
Chris Evans radio2017 London Marathon 4:41:06
Jenni Falconer radio2015 London Marathon 3:54:53 Results
Greg James radio2015 London Marathon 4:26:32 Results
Robin Quivers radio2010 New York City Marathon 6:09:00 NYRR [17]
Peter Sagal radio2011 Philadelphia Marathon 3:09:25 Athlinks
Sean Combs music2003 New York City Marathon 4:14:52 NYRR [18]
Michael Balzary music"Flea" of Red Hot Chili Peppers 2012 Los Angeles Marathon 3:41:49 Athlinks [19]
Gunter Gabriel musicGerman singer1983 New York City Marathon 4:29:57 NYRR
Ben Gibbard music Death Cab for Cutie 2011 Los Angeles Marathon 3:56:34 MarathonGuide [18]
Dan Hawkins music The Darkness 2019 London Marathon 3:21:44 Virgin London Marathon
Nick Hexum music 311 2006 Los Angeles Marathon 5:29:44 [18]
Dexter Holland music The Offspring 2007 Los Angeles Marathon 5:21:24 Athlinks [18]
Katherine Jenkins musicmezzo-soprano2013 London Marathon 5:26:42 [20]
Harry Judd music McFly 2013 London Marathon 3:31:15 Athlinks
Ronan Keating music Boyzone 2008 London Marathon 3:59:33 Athlinks
Alicia Keys musicsinger, actress2015 New York City Marathon 5:50:52 Runner's World
Mike Malinin music Goo Goo Dolls 2000 San Francisco Marathon 3:23:56 MarathonGuide as Michael Malinin [18]
Johnny Marr musicguitarist2010 New York City Marathon 3:54:18 NYRR as John Marr [18]
Joey McIntyre music New Kids on the Block 2013 Boston Marathon 3:57:06 MarathonGuide as Joseph McIntyre [18]
Alanis Morissette music2009Bizz Johnson Trail Marathon4:17:03 MarathonGuide [18]
Stuart Murdoch music Belle and Sebastian 1986 Glasgow Marathon 2:57:08 [18]
Lisette Oropesa musicopera2014 Toronto Marathon 4:15:57 MarathonGuide [21]
Josh Ritter music2006New York City Marathon3:54:46 MarathonGuide [18]
Jake Shimabukuro musicukulele virtuoso2006 Honolulu Marathon 5:24:29 MarathonGuide
Björn Ulvaeus music ABBA 1980 Stockholm Marathon 3:23:54 [22]
Rolf Aldag sportscycling2006 Hamburg Marathon 2:42:57 [23]
Mao Asada sports figure skating 2017 Honolulu Marathon 4:34:13 [24]
Daniel Atienza sportscycling2013 Zurich Marathon 2:29:27 Athlinks
Tiki Barber sportsAmerican football2015 New York City Marathon 4:50:56 MarathonGuide [10]
Kajsa Bergqvist sportshigh jump2010 New York City Marathon 3:56:57 NYRR
James Blake sportstennis2015 New York City Marathon 3:51:19 Runner's World
Chris Boardman sportscycling2009 London Marathon 3:19:27 Athlinks
Jenson Button sports Formula One 2015 London Marathon 2:52:30
Bobby Carpenter sportsice hockey2016 Boston Marathon 3:46:53 [25]
Zdeno Chára sportsice hockey2023 Boston Marathon 3:42:04
Kane Cornes sports Australian Rules Football 2018 Melbourne Marathon 2:36:39
James Cracknell sportsrowing2017 London Marathon 2:43:12
Roger Craig sportsAmerican football2005 Chicago Marathon 3:51:04 Athlinks
Matt Dawson sportsRugby Union2007 London Marathon 4:35:39
Dan Mullen sportsAmerican football2016 Boston Marathon 4:28:35
Kimiko Date-Krumm sportstennis2004 London Marathon 3:27:47
Amer Delić sportstennis2014 New York City Marathon 3:58:02 NYRR
Bill Demong sportsNordic combined2014 New York City Marathon 2:33:05 NYRR [10]
Luis Enrique sportsassociation football2007 Florence Marathon 2:58:08 [26]
Jennie Finch sportssoftball2011 New York City Marathon 4:05:26 NYRR
Quinton Fortune sportsAssociation football2017 London Marathon 4:06:29
Helen Glover sportsrowing2017 London Marathon 3:05:25
Hunter Hillenmeyer sportsAmerican football2015 Chicago Marathon 3:38:09 [27]
Michael Hutchinson sportscycling2017 London Marathon 3:01:22
Laurent Jalabert sportscycling2007 Barcelona Marathon 2:45:52 Athlinks
Jimmie Johnson sportsmotor racing2019 Boston Marathon 3:09:07 [28]
Kaká sportsAssociation football2022 Berlin Marathon 03:38:06
Matt Kenseth sportsmotor racing2022 Boston Marathon 3:01:40 [29]
Heikki Kovalainen sports Formula One 2007 New York City Marathon 3:36:56 NYRR
Justin Leonard sportsgolf2001 Dallas White Rock Marathon 3:54:19 MarathonGuide
Amélie Mauresmo sportstennis2012 Paris Marathon 3:16:49 Athlinks
Jim McDonnell sportsboxing2003 London Marathon 2:50:54 Athlinks
Jamie McMurray sportsmotorsport2019Last Chance BQ2 Marathon (Geneva, IL)2:53:51 Results
Leontien van Moorsel sportscycling2008 Rotterdam Marathon 3:28:57 Athlinks
Pavel Nedved sportsfootball (soccer)2012 Prague Marathon 3:49:51 Athlinks
Apolo Ohno sportsskating2011 New York City Marathon 3:25:12 NYRR
Abraham Olano sportscycling2006San Sebastian Marathon2:39:19
Kyle Petty sports NASCAR 2005 Las Vegas Marathon 4:18:34 MarathonGuide
Thomas Rohregger sportscycling2016 Vienna City Marathon 2:48:47 [30]
Edwin van der Sar sportsfootball (soccer)2011 New York City Marathon 4:19:16 Athlinks
Kerri Strug sportsgymnastics2008 New York City Marathon 3:56:06 NYRR
Andrew Strauss sports cricket 2013 London Marathon 3:31:52 [31]
Lynn Swann sportsAmerican football1993 New York City Marathon 4:26:41 NYRR
Nick Symmonds sports 800 metres 2017 Honolulu Marathon 3:00:35 [32]
Pat Tillman sportsAmerican football2000 Avenue of the Giants Marathon 3:48:48 MarathonGuide
Amani Toomer sportsAmerican football2010 New York City Marathon 4:13:45 NYRR [33]
James Toseland sports Superbikes 2013 London Marathon 3:03:11 Athlinks
Jarno Trulli sports Formula One 2000 New York City Marathon 4:00:28 NYRR
Ed Viesturs sportsmountaineering2006 New York City Marathon 3:15:18 NYRR [34]
Vanessa O'Brien sportsmountaineering2017 Boston Marathon 5:16:00 MarathonGuide [35]
Michael Waltrip sportsracing driver2005 Las Vegas Marathon 3:56:52 MarathonGuide
Mats Wilander sportstennis1997 New York City Marathon 4:19:19 NYRR
Caroline Wozniacki sportstennis2014 New York City Marathon 3:26:33 NYRR [36]
Adam Yates sportscycling2021 Barcelona Marathon 2:58:43 [37]
Joop Zoetemelk sportscycling2010 Paris Marathon 4:08:52 Athlinks
Kim Alexis modeling1991 New York City Marathon 3:52:00 NYRR [38]
Ali Landry modeling2002 Boston Marathon 5:41:41
Nell McAndrew modeling2012 London Marathon 2:54:39 Athlinks
Beth Ostrosky modeling2008 New York City Marathon 4:15:39 NYRR
Christy Turlington modeling2011 New York City Marathon 4:20:46 NYRR [39]
Siera Bearchell modeling Miss Universe Canada 2016 Saskatchewan Marathon 4:45:15 Sportstats
Karlie Kloss modeling2017New York City Marathon4:41:50NYRR [40] [41]
Max Baucus governmentU.S. Senate1982Governor's Cup Marathon3:01:18
Jill Biden governmentU.S. First Lady1998 Marine Corps Marathon 4:30:02 Athlinks [6]
L. Paul Bremer governmentAmerican diplomat1991 Boston Marathon 3:00:34
George W. Bush governmentU.S. President1993 Houston Marathon 3:44:52 Athlinks as G W Bush
Alun Cairns governmentBritish Member of Parliament2014 London Marathon 3:34:08
Brian Calley governmentLt. Governor of Michigan2013 Detroit Marathon 4:31:47 MarathonGuide
Alastair Campbell governmentBritish politician2003 London Marathon 3:53:45 Athlinks
Andrew Leigh governmentAustralian politician and economist2017 Tokyo Marathon 2:42:48
Mark Carney governmentcentral bank governor2015 London Marathon 3:31:35 Results
Michael Dukakis governmentGovernor of Massachusetts1951 Boston Marathon 3:31:00
Mikuláš Dzurinda governmentPrime Minister of Slovakia1986Malokarpatsky Marathon2:54:57
John Edwards governmentU.S. Senate1983 Marine Corps Marathon 3:30:18 [6]
Joschka Fischer governmentGerman Foreign Minister1998 Hamburg Marathon 3:41:36
Frederik governmentCrown Prince of Denmark
later King of Denmark		1994 Copenhagen Marathon 3:06:49
Bill Frist governmentU.S. Senate2000 Marine Corps Marathon 4:46:12 Athlinks as William Frist [6]
Al Gore governmentU.S. Vice President1997 Marine Corps Marathon 4:58:25 Athlinks as Albert Gore [6]
Jörg Haider governmentAustrian politician1997 Vienna City Marathon 3:33:19 Athlinks
Mike Huckabee governmentGovernor of Arkansas2005 Marine Corps Marathon 4:37:29 Athlinks [42]
Eduardo Maruri governmentEcuadorian politician2005 Guayaquil Marathon 3:59:03
Greg Mulholland governmentBritish politician2009 Belfast Marathon 3:18:50 [43]
Sarah Palin governmentGovernor of Alaska2005Humpy's Classic Marathon3:59:36 MarathonGuide
Matthew Parris governmentBritish politician1985 London Marathon 2:32:57
David Petraeus governmentU.S. Army General1982 Omaha Marathon 2:50:53 [44]
Harry Reid governmentU.S. Senate1972 Boston Marathon 3:16
Paul Ryan governmentU.S. House1990 Grandma's Marathon 4:01:25 [45]
Eliot Spitzer governmentGovernor of New York1983 New York City Marathon 3:58:43 NYRR
Alexander Stubb governmentPrime Minister of Finland
later President of Finland		2014 Berlin Marathon 3:11:23 Athlinks [46]
Clarence Thomas governmentU.S. Supreme Court1980 Marine Corps Marathon 3:11:00 [6] (noted "unofficial")
Arne Treholt governmentNorwegian politician1982 New York City Marathon 2:54:05 Athlinks
Dominique de Villepin governmentFrench Prime Minister1980Marathon de l’Essonne2:57:06
Tom Vilsack governmentGovernor of Iowa2005Marathon-to-Marathon5:03:09 MarathonGuide
Willem-Alexander governmentCrown Prince of the Netherlands
later King of the Netherlands		1992 New York City Marathon 4:27:00 NYRR (Bib 18756)
Taavi Rõivas governmentPrime Minister of Estonia2013Marathon Popular de Valencia3:52:10 Carreraspopulares
Abdelkader Benali literatureMoroccan-Dutch writer2006 Rotterdam Marathon 2:52:25 Athlinks
Benjamin Cheever literatureAmerican writer1981 New York City Marathon 2:58:35 Athlinks
Günter Herburger literatureGerman writer1984 Berlin Marathon 3:04:34 Results
Haruki Murakami literatureJapanese Author1991 New York City Marathon 3:31:26 NYRR [47]
Eugen Ruge literatureGerman writer2006 Wuhlheide Marathon 3:03:51 [48]
Erich Segal literatureAmerican writer1964 Boston Marathon 2:56:30
Günter Wallraff literatureGerman writer1983 Frankfurt Marathon 2:50:14
Martin Gruebele sciencescientist2013 California International Marathon 3:10:34 MarathonGuide
Bernd Heinrich sciencebiologist1980West Valley Marathon2:22:34
Wolfgang Ketterle scienceNobel Prize winner2014 Boston Marathon 2:44:06 MarathonGuide
Daniel Lieberman sciencepaleoanthropologist2016 Boston Marathon 3:34:21 [25]
Alan Turing sciencemathematician, cryptologist1947 Amateur Athletic Championships 2:46:03 [49]
Shinya Yamanaka scienceNobel Prize winner2012 Tokyo Marathon 4:03:19 [50]
Jared Fogle — Subway restaurant 2010 New York City Marathon 5:13:28 NYRR [51]
Christer Fuglesang —Swedish astronaut1987 Stockholm Marathon 3:15:05
Karl-Erivan Haub —businessman2000 New York Marathon 4:09:00 Athlinks
Daniel "Swampy" Hooper —environmentalist2010 Snowdonia Marathon 3:10:49 Run Britain
Pippa Middleton —socialite2015Safaricom Marathon3:56:33 [52]
Dambisa Moyo —economist2015 London Marathon 5:18:43
Edison Peña — rescued Chilean miner 2010 New York City Marathon 5:40:51 NYRR
Volker Schlöndorff —German film-maker2008 Paris Marathon 4:37:41 Athlinks as Volker Schloendorff
Guido van der Werve —Dutch conceptual artist2013 Berlin Marathon 2:57:06 Athlinks
Oz Pearlman —American magician2014 Philadelphia Marathon 2:23:52 [53]
Liam Knight sports AFL , Cricket 2022 Melbourne Marathon 4:59:58
Erben Wennemars sportsSpeed skater2021 Rotterdam Marathon 2:47:43
Arjen Robben sportsfootball (soccer)2022 Rotterdam Marathon 3:13:40

Notes

Eddie Izzard ran the equivalent of 43 marathons in 51 days in 2009, though none of these was an organized marathon. [54]

In 2007, Hamish Blake reportedly ran the length of a marathon around a track in Melbourne, "in an attempt to beat Katie Holmes's marathon time. He succeeded, in a time of 5:25:00." [55]

Joe Strummer guitarist and lead vocalist for punk band the Clash, claimed to have run the Paris Marathon in 1982; no records exist of his attempt or finish. [56]

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